Manure-spreader.



l. SWOLEAU.

MANURE SPREADER. APPLICATION FILED MAII.24. 1914.

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JULIEN SWOLEAU, OF DUSGN, LOUISIANA.

MANURE-SPREADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, i915.

Application filed March 24, 1914. Serial No. 826,988.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JULIEN SWOLEAU, citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Duson, in the, parish of Lafayette and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Spreaders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to manure spreadersand has for its primary object to provide means whereby the manure may be distributed in spaced rows, or v'scattered broadcast over the ground.

The invention has for another and more particular object to provide an improved adjustable directing or discharge chute arranged 4beneath the body of the spreader whereby the space between the rows of manure deposited upon the ground may be varied as desired.

The invention has for a further object toV generally improve and simplify the construction. of devices of the above character, and to increase their efliciency and reliability in operation without adding materially to the manufacturing cost thereof. j

With the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts that I` shall hereinafterk fully describe and'claim. ff f For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a manure spreader. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view showing the feed controlling means. Fig.

3 is a detail side elevation illustrating thev mounting of the discharge chutes; and Fig. 4 is a similar view looking at right angles to Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 designates the body of the spreader, which is secured in the usual manner upon aXles 6 on the ends of which' the supporting wheels 7 are revolubly mounted. This body includes spaced parallel side walls connected by intermediate transverse beams 8 and the end beams 9. The bottom of the body 5 consists of oppositely inclined plates 10, said plates converging toward each other from opposite ends of said body and being secured upon the intermediate and end beams 8 and 9. In the side walls of the body 5, between vthe spaced intermediate beams 8, the ends of the distributing roller 1l are journaled, said roller being provided with a plurality jecting from its periphery.

Upon the lower edges of the side walls of the body 5, longitudinally extending metal guide straps 18 are secured, and between said straps and the lower edges of the side walls, the ends of a longitudinally movable feed regulating plate 14: are disposed. This plate is provided with a central forwardly extending-bar l5 which is connected to the lower end of a lever 16. This lever is mounted upon a rack segment 17 secured tothe forward end of the body 5 and carries the usual spring-pressed dog for engagement with the teeth of the rack whereby said lever may be locked in its adjusted position. It will be apparent that by manipulating the lever 16, the plate ll may be shifted longitudinally between the spaced beams 8 and the width of the outlet slot indicated at 18 varied accordingly so as to regulate the amount of manure discharged through said slot in the rotation 0f the agitating and distributing roller 11.

rfi-rod 19 has one of its ends fixed centrallyto the rear transverse beam 8 and eX- ten'ds longitudinally and forwardly therefrom. Upon this rod the adjustable directing chute 2O is arranged. rIhis chute consists kof two'similarv sections hingedly connected at one of their ends as at 21 to the rod 19 and extending upon opposite sides thereof. To one section of the chute 20, one

end of a bar 22 is pivotally connected, the l other end of said bar being provided with a longitudinal slot 23 through which a threaded stud 24 fixed to the other of the chute sections is disposed. Upon this stud a wing nut 25 is threaded. It will `be obvious that by this construction, the sections of the chute 20 may be disposed at various inclinations with respect to each other and securely held in their adjusted positions by means of the bar 22 and nut 25. Thus the manure will be directed by the sections of the chute in opposite directions from the center of the body 5 and deposited in spaced rows upon the ground. By suitably adjusting the sections of the chute, said rows may be de- Y posited at any desired distance apart.

` It will be understood that suitable driving connections are provided between one of the ground wheels andthe shaft of the feed of agtating spursf 12 pro-` From the foregoing description takenin connection with the accompanying-fdravvf ings, it is thought that the construction, manfV 'ner -of operation' and Several advantages" of my invention will be' clearly -and fully, understood. By providing the adjustableV chute 20, it Willbe understood that when the sectionsthereof hang down-vertically from thelong-itudinal rod 19, thefm'anure Will be Y, dischargedihrough theoutl'et slotV 18 and distributedfbroadcast over the ground as the machine .moves --across theeield. When, hovvevera itfisf4 desired to: deposit the manure inspacedirows, the chutesections QOmay be :venyreasilyf-,and quickly adj usted and secured in their g adjusted i positions, as. above explained,jso that i the rows of manure may lbef ,depositedr upon; the ground at any desired `distance:apartA cMy invention asa Whole is comparatively simple in its construction, andstrong durable .and serviceablein prac- ,ticalguse c While l have shown Land described the preferred.' construction 2, and` arrangementl of `the severalelements employed, it Will `be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification therein and I therefore reserve the @privilege of resorting fto vall 'such legitimatechanges v as may be fairly, embodied Withinithespirit and scope .of i' the invention, 1 as claimed.

' ,Havingthus describedfthef invention, what isgelaimedis: n 1. Inra*manuretspreadenthe combination -Withay body f having; autransversely extending .discharge -iopeningg of ga =horizontally :mov-

able feed i controlling plate a slid-ably mountedentirely beneath thebot'to'm of the body and operating across the discharge opening, Va longitudinallyteXtending rod centrally arranged beneath the body and iXed at one of its'ends thereto, the body of therod becontrol'ling plate to thereby permit ofzmove-V space above the f rod, said rod extending "across the discharge opening, independently Vadjustable oppositely disposed chutes,each

having a Width equal to the maximumYvvidthk of the discharge opening andhavingfup V 'ing depressed 'below the level of the feed n ment of the feed controlling plate across the Wardly extending sides, andbeing lpivotally mounted at theircorresponding ends uponf saidv rod, and chutesextending in .opposite directions therefrom, whereby to -deposit manure Vin spaced rows upon the ground,

said-chutes being'movable from a gposition.4

of angularity With respect vto ,the bottomV of the body,rto a positionfparallel thereto. Y

2. -In la manurev spreader, a discharge opening extendingtransversely thereto, a supporting member mounted at lone endvuponthe bottom ofthe body and extending longitudinally of the body Y and beneath said opening, and loppositely -disposed chutes hingedly fmounted uponlthe supporting member for angular adjustment with relation to each other, `said .chutes being `Islidable off and kon said supporting member. Y Y c Y Y In testimony whereof Izhereuntofaifix my a Vbody having signature in .the presence of two Witnesses ,Y

' 11i l f Y yJULIEN QRSWOLEAU, mar p y Y 1 Witnesses:

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